F1 tunnel build 2011

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Cheers jedi,same here cant wait to get it on the water and see how it performs,hoping to finish the prepping on the canopy today ready for paint

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Managed to finish prepping the canopy and get it in primer,a couple of marks have showed up so will sort these out before a gentle wetsand with some 1000G wet n dry before adding some colour.

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some more pics of final colour on canopy,its all i had so used it up





just gotta wait now for it fully harden,but im gonna make a start mounting everything

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READY TO RUN

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[Jedi Master]

Awesome work Daz, when's the maiden?

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Gonna do some decals and screen tonite in CF vinyl

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Hey jedi,very soon hopefully

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Hey guys here she is all finito and ready for maiden run,hopefully today.
Ill be running 4s set for testing if testing is sucessfull ill step it up to 5s setup
but im really happy how she looks lets just hope she performs as good LOL.







Im still working on some decals at mo,so will see how they turn 1st

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Heres the vids of maiden voyage.
The 1st vid is with 4214 prop but cavitation was the issue.
Stepped up to M445 then had issue,i originally thought it was LVC,but after checking batt voltage there was plenty left in.
run again and same thing again but the temps on the batts & motor were fine but the caps on esc were hot so think its thermal cutoff kicked in,the cooling is working fine no problems there,so need to figure out away to stop this happening,im thinking cap bank and larger id cooling pipe.
what you guys reckon?????????
But overall real happy,handles the choppy water turns at near WOT,doesnt dig in and planes on the edge while being stable,till you go into the oncoming wind then have to back off a little but moving batts forward on widy days can be done easily.
Windy conditions certainly made it fun LOL

On 4214 prop

M445 prop

M445 with outboard raised about 2mm

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Another vid

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Action pics

[HOTWATER]

Very nice!!! Great job!!

-Kent

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Thanks bud

[Jedi Master]

Some great video and action photo's Daz. Looks to run very well, and has a great scale look to it. Will be even better with sponsorship decals. Are you going go for an outboard cowling too?

You happy with the results?